List of Virginia Commonwealth University alumni
This article lists notable alumni and students of the Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia .
Art
Trudy Benson , abstract painterPhilip B. Meggs – graphic designer and historian of design (BFA 1964, MFA 1971)Eric Millikin – conceptual, internet, video and performance artist (MFA 2021)Moses Jacob Ezekiel , sculptor Janice Smith – furniture maker (BFA 1976)Carol Sutton – painter and sculptor (BFA 1967)Alice Tangerini – botanical illustrator (BFA 1972)Alessandra Torres – performance and installation artist (MFA 2006)Charles Vess – fantasy and comics illustrator (BFA 1974)Judith Godwin – Abstract painterEmmet Gowin – Photographer and portraitistChino Amobi – Contemporary artist, musician and painterFahmida Azim – Pulitzer Prize winning illustratorSam Bass – Motorsports artistNell Blaine – American landscape painterNoah Bradley – Fantasy artist known for Dungeons & Dragons Loryn Brazier – Painter, known for her portraits of Virginia politiciansLauren Clay – Sculptor known for her large fantasy inspired installationsDaryl Cobb – Children's book illustratorTony Cokes – Visual artist and educatorBonnie Collura – artist known for figurative multi-media sculptures, textiles and installationsAssil Diab – Sudanese graphic designerPaul DiPasquale –Sculptor known for designing several public sculptures in Virginia, including the Arthur Ashe Monument on Richmond's Monument Avenue and King Neptune Virginia Beach 's boardwalkTarfia Faizullah – PoetMark Sloan , curator, author and painterAnna Journey – PoetJon Pineda – PoetKevin Powers – PoetRon Smith – PoetAllison Titus – PoetColette Fu – photographer, book artist and paper engineer, known for her pop-up booksSylvia Harris – graphic designer known for designing the U.S. Census and as a pioneer in social impact designSally Heller – Artist known for her large installationsLisa Hoke – Visual artist known for abstract sculpturesBrian Hubble – American illustratorKatie Hudnall – Artist known for her woodworkingSterling Hundley – Illustrator and painterMichael Kaluta – Comic book artistAbby Kasonik – PainterDawn Kasper – Interdisciplinary artistMatt Kenyon – New media artistAna Ines Barragan King – Founder of the Latin Ballet of VirginiaMia LaBerge – Oil painterAbigail Larson – Fantasy artistSylvia Harris , creative director behind the U.S. Census and has been considered a pioneer in the field of social impact design.Philip B. Meggs – Graphic designer and historian who authored books on graphic designWiley Miller – CartoonistAyanah Moor – Conceptual artistLois Morrison – Book artistCharlotte Moss – interior designer, author and philanthropistMel Odom – Book cover artistG. Byron Peck – Mural artistAlston Purvis – Graphic designer and authorBeatrice Riese – Artist and art collectorRob G. – Comic book artistAnne Savedge – Photographic artistSteve Segal – Pixar animatorMark Sloan – Museum curatorJanice Smith – Furniture makerAlice Tangerini – Botanical illustratorKevin Tinsley – Comic book illustratorPhil Trumbo – Art director and graphic designerBetony Vernon – Jewelry designer
Business
Government
Mamé Adjei – runner-up of America's Next Top Model David Baldacci – author, best known for his novel Absolute Power Rachel Beanland – author of Florence Adler Swims Forever
Macon Blair – actor and Sundance Grand Jury Prize -winning filmmaker, known for his collaborations with Jeremy Saulnier Author David Baldacci Reilly Brown – comic book illustrator and writer, known for his work on Cable & Deadpool Caressa Cameron – 2010 Miss AmericaParis Campbell Grace – TikToker, singer, and comedianDaryl Cobb – author,[ 9] [ 10] Chad L. Coleman – actorAndrea Detwiler – 2006 Daytime Emmy winnerStephen Furst – actor and director, known as "Flounder" in the National Lampoon classic Animal House St. Elsewhere Babylon 5 Jason Butler Harner – Broadway, television, and film actor; performed in original production of Coast of Utopia Changeling Bilal Khan – Pakistani singer and actorZachary Knighton – actor, ABC series Happy Endings Boris Kodjoe – actor, modelRobert Lanham – author, best known for his book The Hipster Handbook Valerie LaPointe – director and storyboard artist for Pixar Animation Studios Debbie Matenopoulos – TV host, known for co-hosting ABC's The View The Daily 10 , and TV Guide Channel's The Screening Room Wiley Miller – cartoonist and author of the comic strip Non Sequitur Caelynn Miller-Keyes – runner-up Miss USA 2018, Bachelor and Bachelor in Paradise contestantTrevor Moore – comedian and founding member of The Whitest Kids U' Know Actor Jason Butler Harner Howard Owen – journalist, author of crime fiction and the novel Littlejohn Jay Pharoah – comedian and Saturday Night Live cast memberJon Pineda – award-winning poet and novelistChristopher Poole , aka moot – founder of 4chan [ 11] Kevin Powers – novelist and poet, known for The Yellow Birds [ 12] Tom Robbins – author, best known for his novel Even Cowgirls Get the Blues Steve Segal – comic artist, animation directorRobb Spewak – producer and radio personality for The Don and Mike Show The Mike O'Meara Show Rose Szabo – author of What Big Teeth
Ronnie Sidney II , graphic novelist[ 13] Steve Rasnic Tem – horror fiction writer, winner of the World Fantasy , British Fantasy and Bram Stoker Awards Phil Trumbo – film animator, artistBrandon Wardell – comedian and Twitter personalityMike Wieringo – comic book artist for Marvel and DC comics; co-creator of Image Comics series Tellos Greg Barrett – Journalist and public speakerCocoa Brown – ActressJason Butler Harner – Actor in OzarkJennifer A. Johnson - Chief Editor of the journal Sexualization, Media, and Society Zachary Knighton – Actor in Happy EndingsRebekah McKendry – Film Director
Music
Lamb of God
Science
Nobel Prize winner Baruj Benacerraf Arpana Agrawal – psychiatric geneticist and professor of psychiatry, 2018 Theodore Reich Young Investigator AwardHunter "Patch" Adams – founder of the Gesundheit! Institute and subject of the movie Patch Adams Baruj Benacerraf – winner of the 1980 Nobel Prize in Medicine , class of 1945Gladys Smithwick – American physician and Presbyterian medical missionary in China and the Belgian Congo .Georgia Chenevix-Trench – researcher who investigates genetic predispositions to cancerAnn S. Fulcher – abdominal radiologist and chair of the department of radiology at Virginia Commonwealth University/Medical College of Medicine Saul Krugman – medical researcher who discovered a vaccine against hepatitis B Jeffery Taubenberger , M.D. – virologist Arpad Vass – research scientist, forensic anthropologist and professorPhysician, actor, activist, author and clown Patch Adams Patch Adams, M.D. , class of 1971Georgia Chenevix-Trench class of 1985, Ph.D.Jean Harris, the first African-American student, class of 1955, became Virginia's Secretary of Health and Human Resources.
Jeffery Taubenberger, M.D. class of 1986, Ph.D. class of 1987Percy Wootton, M.D., class of 1957, past president, American Medical Association
William Chivous Bostic Sr. class of 1905Meike Bartels – Behavioral geneticist, known for research on the genetics of happinessKathleen T. Brady – American psychiatristCaroline Orr Bueno (PhD) – social and behavioral sciences researcher specializing in disinformation networksBrian D'Onofrio – psychologist who researches the causes of psychopathology in children and adolescentsFrancis L. Delmonico , health expert in the field of transplantation and Professor of Surgery at Harvard Medical School .Eduardo D. Rodriguez – Cuban American plastic and reconstructive surgeon, and reconstructive transplant surgeon, who is known for his contribution to the field of facial transplantation and vascularized composite allotransplantationDorothy Espelage – American psychologist and expert in teen violencePhilip C. Kendall – Psychologist who produced the Coping Cat Feng Liu – Material physicistMichael L. Madigan – Biomedical engineerBenjamin Neale – statistical geneticist with a specialty in psychiatric genetics Sudhir Srivastava – chief of the Cancer Biomarkers Research Group of the Division of Cancer Prevention at the United States NCI Beatriz Amendola – Urugayan-American radiation oncologistMary Baughman – physician, medical school professor, and clubwomanFrederick Bieber – Canadian-American geneticist currently serving as Senior Medical Geneticist at Brigham and Women's Hospital , a member of the Faculty of Medicine at Harvard University Joseph DeJarnette – Director of Western State Hospital , physician and eugenicistLorna Breen – American physicianGeorgia Chenevix-Trench – Cancer researcher who investigates genetic predispositions to cancerAnne L. Coleman – Chair of the Department of Ophthalmology and Director of the Stein Eye Institute at University of California, Los Angeles Francis L. Delmonico – surgeon, clinical professor and health expert in the field of transplantation Mary Cynthia Farach-Carson – biochemist , known for her work in extracellular matrix , perlecan , tissue engineering and bone metastasis
Sports
Other
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